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28

(Childhood Obesity News) Parents accused of killing obese children with kindness - guardian.co.uk

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Britain’s parents will be accused this week of “killing their children with kindness”, as the government embarks on a new campaign aimed at the growing and deadly problem of childhood obesity. Graphic examples of children dying early from diabetes, heart disease and cancer will be publicised and the Department of Health will reveal “shocking” levels of ignorance and complacency among parents who are failing to accept responsibility for their children’s health. Kids who eat the wrong sorts of food and sit around all day are more likely to get heart disease, cancer, diabetes and to die young. The document, a briefing on the government’s Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives strategy, details how parents are helping to establish bad habits in their offspring. Almost a quarter of kids are already overweight by the time they arrive at primary school, which is the parents’ responsibility. Those less than healthy foods are the last rewards they should turn to, because they are storing up problems for their children’s future health. Read Childhood Obesity

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